BotaniGard 22 WP is a non-systemic, biological insecticide for the control of thrips and whitefly in table grapes and stone fruits. When BotaniGard 22 WP spores come into contact with the insect, they chemically recognise its cuticle and adhere to it. The spores generate the germ tube that perforates the pest's cuticle and grows into it. Once inside the pest, BotaniGard 22 WP multiplies and releases toxins, causing immobility due to muscular paralysis of the insect, which stops feeding. A few days later the parasitized insect dies from the infection caused by BotaniGard 22 WP.